Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French espiautre, espelte ‎(“spelt, corn”), from Late Latin spelta ‎(“spelt”), from Frankish *spelta ‎(“spelt”), from Proto-Germanic *spiltō, *spiltaz ‎(“spelt”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pelbʰ-, *(s)pelbʰ-t- ‎(“spelt, spelt meal”). Cognate with Old High German spelza ‎(“spelt”), Old Saxon spelta ‎(“spelt”), Old English spelt ‎(“spelt”). More at spelt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /epotʁ/
• Rhymes: -otʁ